title: The effect of adrenalectomy and dexamethasone on interleukin-1 alpha induced responses in RIF-1 tumours.
abstract: In the present studies the effect of bilateral adrenalectomy on the pathophysiologic responses to recombinant human interleukin-1 alpha (rHIL-1 alpha) was determined in RIF-1 tumour models. Acute vascular injury and haemorrhagic responses were quantitated by the intra-tumour accumulation of 59Fe radiolabelled erythrocytes. In vivo clonogenic tumour cell kill was determined by an excision assay. A single, intraperitoneal rHIL-1 alpha treatment (6.25 x 10(7) D10 units kg-1, 25 micrograms kg-1) resulted in acute tumour haemorrhage and approximately 55% clonogenic tumour cell kill (24 h). Bilateral adrenalectomy, 24 h before rHIL-1 alpha, significantly increased haemorrhagic responses, but haemodynamic toxicity was severe. This toxicity could be ameliorated by giving dexamethasone (5 mg kg-1) before or up to 3 h after rHIL-1 alpha. The effect of dexamethasone on rHIL-1 alpha induced tumour responses in adrenalectomised mice was sequence dependent. Given before rHIL-1 alpha, dexamethasone inhibited tumour haemorrhage. When dexamethasone was given up to 3 h after rHIL-1 alpha, tumour haemorrhage was directly related to sequence interval. Although adrenalectomy and dexamethasone alone had little effect on RIF-1 tumours, adrenalectomy increased rHIL-1 alpha mediated clonogenic tumour cell kill. The surviving fraction 24 h after rHIL-1 alpha (6.25 x 10(7) D10 units kg-1, 25 micrograms kg-1) and dexamethasone (5 mg kg-1, 2 h after rHIL-1 alpha) was 1.3 +/- 0.4%. The surviving fraction after this combination in intact mice (36.7 +/- 1.4%) was approximately 30-fold higher than that seen in adrenalectomised mice. The results indicate that adrenal responses secondary to rHIL-1 alpha treatment exert a negative feedback on rHIL-1 alpha mediated responses in solid tumours.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Braunschweiger
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ord
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Furmanski
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000628:therapy*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003907:Dexamethasone